The Esperanza Files The Esperanza Files: The Hollow Line, Book 5, (Paperback)

<p>Some roads never lead home.</p><p>After the terrifying events surrounding the Hollow Line, Camila Reyes, Imani Brooks, Dr. Naomi Vega, Anika Price, and a growing network of survivors uncover a horrifying truth buried beneath America's forgotten highways: </p><p>The supernatural routes are spreading.</p><p>Late-night buses appear on roads that do not exist.<br>Passengers vanish during storm evacuations.<br>Flooded highways lead to impossible destinations.<br>And somewhere deep in Louisiana swamp country, every unfinished road is converging toward a drowned town called Crossroads Parish.</p><p>At the center of the nightmare is Malik Shaw - a teenager trapped aboard the Hollow Line for years after boarding during a storm while emotionally broken and trying to outrun grief. Now partially connected to the growing route network itself, Malik may become the next living anchor for every unfinished road in America.</p><p>As supernatural bus routes multiply across the South, the survivors must travel into the heart of the crossroads where the first evacuation route vanished decades earlier during a catastrophic flood.</p><p>But the deeper they travel into the drowned highways, the more terrifying the truth becomes: </p><p>The routes were never trying to kill people.</p><p>They were trying to keep them moving forever.</p><p>THE ESPERANZA FILES: THE HOLLOW LINE is a grounded supernatural horror thriller filled with flooded highways, abandoned transit systems, emotional hauntings, impossible roads, and cinematic Southern Gothic terror - perfect for readers who love atmospheric horror, supernatural mysteries, and relentless suspense with deeply human stakes.</p>

• The Esperanza Files The Esperanza Files: The Hollow Line, Book 5, (Paperback)
• Author: Tobey Alvarez
• ISBN: 9798197141019
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-15
• Page Count: 176